Auto-tire.



J. A. READ.

AUTO TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20. 1914.

PatentedSept. 7, 1915.

JAMES A. READ, 0F ARLINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

AUTO-TIRE.

This invention-relates to new and useful improvements in vehicle wheels and particularly that class provided with resilient tire portions.

The object of the present invention resides in the provision of a tire of the class described which'presents a non-skid metallic tread surface and whichv is provided with means interposed between said surface and the felly of the wheel whereby it is resiliently supported. v v

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of such a tire which possesses.

full efficiency, which is durable in use and which comprises a minimum number of parts so that it may be manufactured at a comparatively low cost.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a resilient tread member which may be applied to a conventional form of felly without slight modification thereof.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel combination, formation and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings wherein similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts i Referring now more particularly throughout the several views and in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a wheel provided with the improved resilient tread, Fig. 2 is a top plan view of what is shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig.

1, and Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspectiveview of one of the tread rings, showing a slight modification. I

to the accompanying drawings, 5 designates the usual felly of a wheel. Extending inwardly from the felly are the rigid spokes 6 secured to a hub portion 7 For holding the im- Specification of Letters Patent.

proved tire, annular side plates 8 are provided which are secured on the sides of the felly by bolts 9 passed through said felly and plates. The intermediate portions of the inner faces of the plates have formed thereon inwardly extending annular flanges 10 which seat on the outer periphery of the felly. Disposed on these flanges is an annular band 11 of comparatively soft rubber or other resilient material which forms the resilient element of the tire. The tread members of the tire are in the-form of a plurality of annular spaced bands 12 disposed about. the band 11 and provided on their inner peripheries with lateral flanges 13 engaging the outer periphery of the said Patented Sept. '7, 1915. Application filed March 20, 1914. Serial No. 826,084.

band 11. Disposed between the tread bands 14 in relation, alined portions of the side plates 8 are countersunk at 17 and bolts 18' are passed through the plates, through the bands or rings 14 and through relatively large openings 18 in the tread bands or rings 12, the heads of said bolts being seated in recesses in the countersunk portions.

From the foregoing it is observed that when the wheels rest on the ground, the weight falls entirely on the tread bands or rings 12, and these rest through their flanges 13 on the rubber band 11. This rubber band is completely housed, as seen. The tread bands or rings also have a slight lateral resilient movement through the medium 6 provided which will not skid readily, this advantage being further facilitated by the provision of the projections 15.

What is claimed is:

A resilient wheel comprising the combination with a felly, of side plates secured thereto and provided with annular flanges engaging the periphery of the felly, aband of material of relatively great flexibility disposed about and engaging the flanges, tread rings disposed about and on the said f the rubber bands 14. A structure is thus flexible band in parallel relation and havflexible rings and the said slots of the tread 1t ing web portions and transversely extending rings. tread portions and base portions, rings of In testimony whereof, I aflix my signamategi gl of relaltiively silight resilleicy disture, in the presence of two witnesses.

pose etween t e trea rin s an etween the outer tread rings and si de plates, said JAMES READ tread rings having slots in the web portions Witnesses: extending radially of the wheel, and trans- M. F. HALL, verse bolts disposed through the side plates, I. V. DORLAND. 

